Technology

ACL selects Laurie Schultz, ACL President and former Sage executive, as Chief Executive Officer.

Bill.com announced that a new whitepaper by Barlow Research Associates, Inc. released today shows financial institutions could increase profitability by integrating with accounting software used by their small business customers.

The “Cloud” and hosted solutions continue to garner interest amongst accounting firms, but there is a lot of confusion about the types of hosting, available applications, and the overall reasons for firms to consider hosted solutions.

You need to be thinking about your clients, firm and the technology you use to serve those clients. Hardware, software, data, procedures and people all work together to transform data into information.

As a practitioner running a busy firm each day, just like you, I want to know what’s on the horizon in relation to technology. Technology and workflow are at the heart of a well-run firm, so it’s important to know where vendors plan to take us over the next few years.

This month, we cover major changes to standard mobile plans by AT&T and Verizon, a data speed testing utility, the Flipboard visual social media app, and the Confirmation.com audit inquiry mobile tracking tool.

Talent development should always be a top priority! When we talk to firms across the country, most would agree. Unfortunately, the actions of many firms the last few years have not supported this sentiment.

From the September 2012 Issue. Let’s face it, payroll isn’t sexy. It isn’t a task that most small business owners get excited about. Most consider it a “time-suck” – something that sucks up an entrepreneur’s time when they should be focused on growing their business. And it certainly hasn’t been something that small to mid-size […]